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On Thursday, Disney previewed dozens of new series and movies for its Disney+ streaming service. According to CNN, investors are loving it. On Friday, shares of Disney jumped 11% to a new all-time high. The stock is now up nearly 20% this year. It's an astonishing achievement since the pandemic wreaked havoc on Disney's theme park business. It also forced its movie studios to delay big releases in theaters.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above 20,000 points at the New York Stock Exchange for the first time Wednesday morning, setting a new record on Wall Street. The second-oldest stock market index in the US nearly reached this landmark on two previous occasions before reaching the once evasive mark at the opening bell. At the trading day's closing bell, the index had set a record high of 20,068. The DJIA, also known as the Dow 30, measures the performance of the 30 largest publicly owned companies trading in the US. Apple, Goldman Sachs and ExxonMobil are among some of those companies.
Stocks rallied on Tuesday led by tech stocks like Amazon as well as energy shares. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Security in Haiti, where violent gangs control large swathes of the country, has deteriorated even further, with the number of major crimes hitting "record highs," the UN representative to the impoverished nation warns. "The security situation on the ground continues to deteriorate as growing gang violence plunge(s) the lives of the people of Haiti into disarray and major crimes are rising sharply to new record highs," Maria Isabel Salvador tells the UN Security Council. SOUNDBITE
A construction site for a Hong Kong high-rise is engulfed in flames, with firefighters on the scene battling the blaze. Officials say the fire broke out at 11:11pm local time (0311 GMT) in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, a busy shopping and tourist district on the city's world-famous harbourfront. IMAGES
Seoul, Jun 16 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark of South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 0.62 percent Wednesday to hit record high due to the investors' optimism towards the economic recovery in the United States.The KOSPI rose 20.05 points to close at 3,278.68. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN DEALERS WORK IN FRONT OF MONITORS AT HANA BANK,IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.